NGC 5199
NGC 5199
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5199 as it looked roughly 331 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 5223Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 883Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4301Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 883Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral20 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).